Scott Minarcine, Deputy Director, Office of Preparedness

Division of Emergency Preparedness and

Response

Costal Evacuation Planning SessionEMAG Conference

5/5/2010

ACCESS

Access to affordable, quality health

care in our communities

RESPONSIBLE

Responsible health planning

and use of health care resources

HEALTHY

Healthy behaviors and

improved health

outcomes

DCH Mission

FY 2009 FY 2010

DCH InitiativesFY 2009 and FY 2010

Medicaid Transformation

Health Care Consumerism

Financial and Program Integrity Health Improvement

Workforce Development

Customer Service

Emergency Preparedness

Medicaid Transformation

Health Care Consumerism

Financial and Program Integrity

Health Improvement

Solutions for the Uninsured

Workforce Development

PeachCare for KidsTM Program Stability

Customer Service

Office of Preparedness

• Division of EPR formed in August of 2009

• Formally the Office of EMS, Trauma and Emergency Preparedness

• Grant funded solely to conduct public health preparedness and response activities

Mission: To assure the health and well being of individuals and communities in the State of Georgia by preparing for, responding to and recovering from events of public health significance.

Functions of DEPR

• Provide strategic and operational guidance to 18 health districts

• Act as public health preparedness and response communications hub

• Coordinate and manage state level response to events of public health significance

ESF 8 (State Level)

• Responsible for Coordination of Medical Care in Special Needs Shelters, when requested

Accomplishments

• CAMS• Several Recent Workshops• Work on FMS Receipt Planning

GAPS and NEXT STEPS

GAPS

• No written plan• No finalized identified end point communities or

facilities• Lack of written protocol for removing patients

PRIOR to mandatory evac for the general public being given

What Else?

• What other gaps are there? • How do we close them?• What capabilities exist?

Next Steps

• Plan Development Workshop • May 21st? • Location? GPSTC? Savannah?

Contact Information

Scott MinarcineDeputy Director

Office of PreparednessDepartment of Community Health

404-379-2468seminarcine@dhr.state.ga.us